Minchinella Kirkpatrick, 1908

Borojevic, Radovan, Boury-Esnault, Nicole & Vacelet, Jean, 2000, A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, class Calcarea), Zoosystema 22 (2), pp. 203-263 : 257

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5392175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468410

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scientific name

Minchinella Kirkpatrick, 1908
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Genus Minchinella Kirkpatrick, 1908 View in CoL

TYPE SPECIES. — Minchinella lamellosa Kirkpatrick, 1908 by monotypy.

DIAGNOSIS. — Minchinellidae in which the choanoskeleton consists of tetractines cemented together into a rigid network by their basal actines and subsequently embedded in an enveloping cement ( Fig. 48). The cortical skeleton is composed of triactines, diapasons, and diactines.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Lithonida

Family

Minchinellidae

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